Stevens Thomson Mason

Stevens Thomson Mason (29 December 1760-10 May 1803) was a US Senator from Virginia from 18 November 1794 to 10 May 1803, succeeding James Monroe and preceding John Taylor. He was a Democratic-Republican.

Biography
Stevens Thomson Mason was born in Chopawamsic, Virginia in 1760, and he became a lawyer in Dumfries after serving as an aide-de-camp to George Washington in the American Revolutionary War. He served in the House of Delegates in 1783 and 1794, in the State Senate from 1787 to 1790, and in the US senate from James Monroe's resignation in 1794 until his death in 1803.